How to Make Google Sheets Cells Square
Being the curious person that you are, you might want to experiment with the cell shape in Google sheets like you can try to make Google sheets cells square.
Google provides its users to resize the cells in the Google sheets app according to their choice. You can also resize these rectangular cells in such a way that they become square in shape. You have to be very specific for that in dimensions. Similarly, you are also allowed to change the font style in Google sheets. Let us explore the steps in which we can make Google sheets cells square in shape.
Resizing Rows and Columns in Google Sheets
Make Google Sheets Cells Square in 9 Steps
Step-1 Open Your Google Sheet: To begin with this process, you have to open up your Google send that you want to edit.
- You will need the link of the Google sheet if you want to open an existing Google sheet or Spreadsheet.
- Otherwise, you can just open Google sheets on your web browser if you want to create a new one.
Step-2 Left Click As Shown in Picture: Now, after opening your Google sheet, you have to click on the 'Small arrow' symbol on the right side of the very first Column which is the 'A' column.
You have to 'left click on the symbol to open up the list menu of options.
Step-3 Click on 'Resize Columns: In the list that appears when you left-click on the arrow button, you will find a long list of many options related to the cells and other things.
So, from this list, you have to click on the option that says 'Resize column'.
Step-4 Type The Size You Want: Here, you can add the size of the column as per your wish. The width of the columns has to be in pixels and the default width is 100.
- Add the column size.
- Then, click on the 'OK' button to save it.
Step-5 Left Click as Shown: Now, you have to repeat the same process as above for the row that you want to resize.
For this, left-click on the small arrow symbol on the first row which is row number 1.
Step-6 Click on 'Resize row': Then, from the list, choose the option that says 'Resize row'.
You will now find any option related to the size of the editing of the column because you have specifically opened the menu for the row.
Step-7 Click On 'Specify row size': Now, you have specified the row size in the following steps:
- First, tap on the 'Specify row size' option.
- Tapping on this option will select the option and now you can move forward.
Step-8 Type the Same Dimensions as before: Now, you have to type the same size here as you have entered before in column resize settings.
After entering the same size as before, click on 'OK'. We are adding the same size as before because a square has all the dimensions of the same size.
Step-9 Now Your Cells are Square: After clicking on 'OK', when you will finally see your spreadsheet you will see that the cells in the first row are down square in shape as per your dimensions.
FAQ
How Can I Square An Entire Column in Google Sheets?
In the above article, we have seen how we can make the entire row Square in Google sheets.
But, now we will make the cells of an entire column square in shape. Also, the process would be a bit different and shorter than the one in the article. Let's see how we can do this:
- Open your spreadsheet.
- Click on a cell.
- Then, Type '=SUM' in the cell. Make sure that you type into an empty cell.
- Now, just select or type in the range you want to square and close the bracket.
- If you wanted to do column D, you could type D: D. for example.
- Then, close the bracket.
- Type ^2 after closing the bracket in the previous step.
- Then, press 'Enter' and see the magic.
Is It Possible To Make a Grid On Google Sheets?
Of course, you can make grids in Google sheets. In fact, it is not a difficult technique at all! Similarly, in grids, you can also create borders in Google sheets.
You have to do the following to create a grid in Google Sheets:
- Open the Google sheet that you want.
- Double-click the chart you want to change.
- Click on the 'Customize' button which is on the right side.
- Then, click on 'Gridlines'.
- Now, your grid is created. You can edit it if you want.
How Can I Make All Cells the Same Size in Google Sheets?
To make the size of all the cells of your spreadsheet the same or even, you have to apply this simple technique that we will talk about in the coming steps.
- As obvious, open your google sheet.
- Then, instead of changing the size of the cells in your sheet one by one, it would be better to select all the cells at once and change their size.
- So, to select all the cells, press the shortcut key 'Ctrl+A'. Now, all the cells will be selected.
- Finally, you can change the size just like we have done in the above article.